The West in a Threatening World
Seminar
John Higley, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin Research School of Social Sciences Visiting Fellow, The Australian National Unversity Larry Saha Room, HA2175 Haydon Allen Building (22), The Australian National University Abstract: During the 1950s and 1960s the utterances of western…
Local Dynamics of a Global Phenomenon: Policing Organised Crime
Seminar
Dr Rolando Ochoa, School of Sociology, RSSS, The Australian National University Larry Saha Room, HA2175, Level 2, Haydon Allen Building (22) Abstract: Traditional policing approaches to organised crime have relied heavily on repressive measures, understandably so. However, it is important at this…
Life through a lens: The function, value and future of CCTV cameras in Australia
Other
The forum will be followed by light refreshments Please register below to confirm your attendance Closed-circuit television (CCTV) systems play an important role in the management of urban space and the provision of public safety. The prevalence of CCTV in Australia is only likely to…
Disobedient Workers, The Law and the Making of Unemployment Markets
Seminar
Room 2175, Level 2, Haydon-Allen Building, The Australian National University Professor Lisa Adkins, Professor of Sociology, School of Humanities and Social Science, The University of Newcastle Abstract: In this paper I am concerned with the juridicalization of the economy. I take as my…
We want them alive: Violence and the "Mexican Moment"
Seminar
Public seminar by Dr Rolando Ochoa. Manning Clark Centre, Theatre 5, Australian National University Held in conjunction with The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies, The School of Sociology and ANU Criminology Society. http://anclas.anu.edu.au/event/public-lecture/we-want-…
New methods for old questions: exploring the drug-crime nexus using latent trajectory models
Seminar
Room 2175, Level 2, Haydon-Allen Building, The Australian National University Dr Jason Payne, Senior Lecturer, Research School of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University Criminologists in Australia have long debated both the…
The social worlds of the river as agent in its own becoming
Seminar
Room 2175, Level 2, Haydon-Allen Building, The Australian National University Dr Shé Hawke, Lecturer, School of Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Social Sciences, The Australian National University This paper attempts to re-make water (aquapoiesis) in the public…